Psalms 2:3

“Let us break asunder their bands, and cast away from us their cords.”

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.

In Context

2The kings of the earth raise themselves up, and rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against his anointed:

4He who dwelleth in the heavens will laugh: the Lord will hold them in derision.

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Cross References

Jeremiah 5:5I had better go unto the great men, and let me speak with them; for these surely know the way of the Lord, the ordinance of their God; but these altogether have broken the yoke, burst the bands.

Matthew Henry on Psalms 2:2-7

The Enemies of Messiah. 1 Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? 2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord , and against his anointed, saying, 3 Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us. 4 He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision. 5 Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure. 6 Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion. We have… Read the whole commentary →

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